Northwood
Northwood is an elevated domestic settlement in the London Borough of Hillingdon adjacent Ruislip Woods National Nature Reserve and which shares a northern border with Hertfordshire. According to records put together by the Office for National Statistics in 2008, the town has a permanent population of around 11068. A triangular region of Northwood featuring the old High Street, Chester Road and Hallowell Road is a place of Local Architectural Special Interest, which is a limitation to safeguard the ornate Victorian homes made from high quality brickwork. Dotted all around the area are 22 noted structures for their architecture. Northwood presents a lot of social and leisure options for its inhabitants. The town is home to a huge range of independent and commercial chain services where residents can go shopping, eat and drink. In 2012, a brand-new community centre on the town's high street, replacing an older building, was formally opened by the regional MP Nick Hurd in September 2012. The new building was called the Kate Fassnidge Community Centre after the Uxbridge landowner who donated some of her land to the borough, and replaced a derelict dining club that had formerly been a Ritz cinema. Each May, among the largest Scout Jumble sales in the country is held by 1st Northwood on the land alongside their headquarters, the Hogs Back. The Northwood Hills pub (previously called the Northwood Hills Hotel) opposite the tube station is certified as where Sir Elton John first performed professionally. A photograph of the bar appears on one of his album covers. Northwood is additionally known as the place used for shooting the Goods' and Leadbetters' homes and surrounding streets in the BBC TV situation comedy series 'The Good Life'. For all of your home improvements, make certain to find respected contractors in Northwood to make certain of quality.
